GLENDALE, Ariz. — By the time the Patriots arrived at University of Phoenix Stadium for the annual Super Bowl Media Day circus, they were well aware of the Plaxico Burress Super Bowl prediction plastered on the back page of today’s Post.

The Patriots’ reaction was mixed, laced with differing parts astonishment and amusement.

“Was he serious?” Patriots DE Richard Seymour asked.

Told Burress was, Seymour said, “Sorry to hear that.”

I always feel like talk is cheap,” Seymour went on. “Anybody can get out here and talk about it all day, but Sunday when the game starts the team that plays the best during that window is going to be the champion.

You can’t talk about winning this game; you have to execute, you have to get it done when it’s time to get it done. And for us, talk is cheap. You have to put some actions behind it.

We can sit up here and say what we’re going to do and how we’re going to do it, but for us it’s going out and making it happen. Sometimes you’ve got to go out and take what you want.”

When Patriots S Rodney Harrison, one of the team’s veteran leaders, was asked about his reaction to Burress’ prediction, he said, “Well a how do I want to say this?

“The game is won and lost on the field,” Harrison said, “It’s not won and lost through the media. You can say what you want, but let me tell you this: Actions speak louder than words. You have to prove it on Sunday. It doesn’t matter what (Burress) thinks, what I think, what coach (Bill Belichick) thinks. It’s about how we execute on Sunday.